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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

ROBERT E. WILLIAMS AND WILLIAM A. TRAMMELL, OF DALLAS, TEXAS; SAIDTRAMMELL ASSIGNOR TO SAID WILLIAMS.

COMBINED FLOUR AND MEAL BIN AND FLOUR-SIFTER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent N o. 328,444, dated October13, 1885. Application llcd September 19, 1884. Serial 210.143,469. (.Nomodel.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Beit known th at we, ROBERT E. WILLIAMS and WILLIAM A. TEAMMELL, ofDallas, in the county of Dallas and State of Texas, have inventedcertain new and useful Improvements in Combined Flour and Meal Bins andFlour-Sifters; and we do hereby declare that the following is a full,clear, and exact description of the invention, which will enable othersskilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same,reference being had to the accompanying drawings, which form apart ofthis specication,and in which- Figure lis a front view of our improvedflour sifter and bin. Fig. 2 is a vertical sectional view of the same.Fig. 3 is a side view with a portion broken away, and Fig. 4 is avertical section on line x x, Fig. 2.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all theligures.

Our invention has relation to that class of flour-sifters in which thesifting mechanism is secured at the lower end of a bin or receptaclecontaining the lour or meal; and it consists in the improvedconstruction and combination of parts of such a device in which the binis divided in two receptacles opening into the sifting mechanism, andhaving suitable cut-of1c slides, as hereinafter more fully described andclaimed.

In the accompanying drawings, the letter A indicates the bin, which isdivided longitudinally by a partition, B, and which is formed at itsupper end with a laterallyprojecting flange, C, and at its lower endwith a contracted neck, D, having a laterally-projecting flange, E, adistance from its end.

l This contracted neck has a laterally-projecting pin orlug,F,immediately under the flange, and a perforated spring-catch, G,secured to the upper edge of the sifter H, which is of the usualconstruction, and for which we make no claim, engages the said lug,securing the sifter to the neck, the said sifter fitting upon the neck.The sides of the bin contract toward the ange around the neck, the saidflange being at the base of the neck, and two slides, I I, or cut-offvalves slide in ways .I in the neck, passing through slots Kin the sidesof the neck and resting upon the liange of the neck.

A sliding cover, L, having downwardly and ceptacles tobe opened forlling it, or for any other purpose, while the other receptacle remainsclosed.

Two loops, N N, -are secured upon the sides of the bin at the lower endsof the straight sides of the bin,and serve for the insertion of twolegs, O O, by means of which the device may be supported standing, athird leg, P, being permanently secured to the rear side of the bin,while the two other legs are removably inserted in their loops orsockets. The permanent leg extends above the upper end of the bin, andhas a perforation, Q, by means of which it may be suspended by nailsupon the wall when it is not desired to have the bin stand, theremovable legs being taken out of their loops or sockets.

A stirrer or agitator, R, is journaled in the receptacle intended forflour, and consists of a shaft, S, having a number of transverse pins orrods, T, and having a crank, U, for turning it, and serves for thepurpose of stirring the our, if it should become clogged.

Having thus described our invention, we claim and desire to secure byLetters Patent- 1. A combined flour and meal bin and Hoursifterconsistingr of a bin having the sifter at its lower end and formed withloops or sockets at the lower ends of its straight sides, two legsfitting with their upper ends in the said loops or sockets, and a legpermanently secured tothe rear side of the bin, extending above theupper end of the bin, and having a perforation at its upper end and iuits lower portion, as and for the purpose shown and set forth.

2. A bin having a vertical partition and having its sides contracting atits lower end, forming a neck, and having a laterally-projecting flangeat the upper edge of its forward and rear side and alaterally-projecting flange around the base of the neck, the slidingcover our own we have hereunto affixed our signai having the downwardlyand inwardly bent tures inpresence ofrtwo Witnesses.

side edoes ttn over the top anofes of the bin, an the cntoff slidessliding Ways at the lower end of the bin above the laterallyprojeebingange, as and for the purpose shown Witnesses:

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In testimony that we Claim the foregoing as l T. R. YEARGAN.

